Wire fabric.



J. W. PAGE.

WIRE FABRIC.

APPLICATION rum) 001214, 1910.

999,249, Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

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minis-mun JOHN WALLACE PAGE, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

WIRE FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1910.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Serial No. 586,978.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN WALLACE PAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fabric; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to wire fabric, especially designed for fencingpurposes, and consists in the construction and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out particularly in theclaims.

The object of the invention is to provide a wire fencing or fabric ofsuch a structure as to render it collapsible so as to reduce the lengthof the bundles of the completed fabric, effecting economy in space,provision being made for rendering the fencing flexible when strung soas to avoid injury thereto by climbing over it.

The above object is attained by the fabric illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion ofwire fabric embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View inperspective showing the slidable connection between a loop of adiagonal. wire and a stay wire at the junction of said stay wire'with astraight strand wire. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the connectionbetween the upper end of a stay wire and the depending loop of adiagonal wire. Fig. 4: is a fragmentary view in elevation, showing aportion of the fabric collapsed to reduce the width thereof.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1, 2, 3 and 4 designate thestraight strand wires of the fabric. The stay wires 5 are in the form ofshort links which are provided with eyes 6 at their ends that embracethe strand wires. In the fabric or fencing, panels are formed of zigzagstrands 7, which at the bends therein are provided with extended loops8. These loops embrace the short stay wires on one side of the strandwires and the diagonal strands leading from said loops cross the strandwires on the opposite side thereof, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3,thereby effecting a slidable and a jointed or hinged connection betweenthe panels of the fencing or fabric, the loops 8 being so bent laterallyas to enable the assemblage of the parts as shown and de scribed,whereby a flexible juncture is effected between the zigzag panels andthe straight panels of the fencing. In order that the structure may bemade secure, the loop 8 of the zigzag strand is made to cross the freeend 9 of the terminal portion of the stay forming the eye 6, wherebysaid eye is prevented from opening by a downward strain upon the strandWire at that point.

The loops 8 of the zigzag strand being free to run or slide upon thestay wires, the fencing or fabric may be collapsed by sliding the panelsthereof together, as illustrated in Fig. 4, whereby the width of thefabric may be materially reduced. The connection between the loops ofthe zigzag strands and the stays also forms a hinge which enables thepanels of the fencing to be folded one onto the other, if desired. Itwill also be understood that by this arrangement the connection betweenthe panels of the fencing is made so flexible that the liability ofinjury to the fence in climbing is materially lessened owing to the factthat the connected parts may shift and slide and accommodate themselvesto a weight placed upon the strand wires without danger of breaking thestrand wires or bending them so sharply as to cause them to becomedistorted or bent out of place.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wire fabric consisting of a plurality of panels comprisingsubstantially parallel strands and stays and zigzag strands, and meanseffecting a sliding connection between the loops of the zigzag strandsand the stays of the remaining portion of the fabric,

2. A wire fabric comprising substantially straight strands and zigzagstrands, and stay wires connecting the substantially straight strands,said zigzag strands having looped portions which loosely embrace saidstay wires.

3. A wire fabric comprising substantially straight strand wires, staywires connecting fecting a sliding connection between the said strandwires, and zigzag strand wires panels of the fabric. 10 extendinglongitudinally of the fabric and In testimony whereof, I signthisspecifidiagonally between the substantially cation in the presence oftwo witnesses. straight strand wires, said zigzag wires hav- JOHNWALLACE PAGE.

ing loops at the bends thereof which em- Witnesses: brace the stay wiresand lie upon and cross E. S. WHEELER, the substantially straight strandwires, ef- I. G. HoWLET'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

